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Sep.27th

No. 1 Southern California at Washington. Huskies managed to take the Trojans to the final play last season. But USC just has the talent advantage everywhere, and it’s hard to see that happening again. SC, 46-17.

No. 6 California at No. 11 Oregon. Very important game, and should be a lot of fun to watch. These offenses are averaging a combined 90 points per game. Ducks, 36-34.

No. 23 Arizona State at Stanford. Both of these teams are improved under their new coaches, but ASU wasn’t as far down and remains far ahead. ASU, 33-15.

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Sep.27th

I didn’t go up to UW yesterday, while working instead on our Football Friday package. However, TNT sportswriter Ryan Divish did go up, and here is his story on would-be-Husky/former O’Dea/USC safety Taylor Mays.

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Sep.26th

The Huskies become true student-athletes today, as the university finally holds the first classes of the fall quarter.

"That is always a concern of mine because now … there is a lot more on their plate," coach Tyrone Willingham said. "They are officially back in school and we expect our guys to embrace that wholeheartedly. … Any time you add more responsibilities, it puts stress on you just a little bit more."

Different Huskies weighed the impact differently.

"You don’t have mornings off, you can’t sleep in as much because we have to get up and

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Sep.25th

My Pac-10 roundup in the Wednesday paper will sort of unavoidably jump in on the controversy that arose after Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy used a weekend press conference to unleash screaming criticism at Daily Oklahoman columnist Jenni Carlson, who had written that Zac Robinson taking the starting quarterback job from Bobby Reid was “less about Robinson’s play and more about Reid’s attitude.”

Interestingly, Pac-10 coaches were all over the map in their opinions of how much their players — all amateurs, some teenages — should be subject to

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A proud native of Longview, Wash., Christian Caple joins The News Tribune after covering Washington State football and men's basketball for two years at the Spokesman-Review in Spokane (though he lived in Pullman). He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Washington, an avid NWAACC basketball fan, and is unsure how to proceed now that Breaking Bad is over.